it. you do it. look around your community. you'll find a veteran in need. you'll find a homeless veteran. you'll find a veteran wondering does anybody still care about me? on this veterans day i want to tell all my fellow americans every day is a veterans day. they need you every day. >> general powell, thank you very much. >> thank you. thanks for joining us for world report. i'm rosemary church. we want to welcome our viewers in the u.s. and of course around the world. we have plenty to get you caught up on this hour. so let's get started. italy has nominated a new prime minister and he certainly has a lot on his plate. can mario monty lead his country towards a better financial future? in neighboring spain thousands hit the streets to protest. and one vows to maybe his voice

heard. well leaders met in hawaii on sunday, but this was no vacation. their focus -- talking trade and jump starting the world economy. and in thailand, we visit an area known for its temples and tourism as it begins to emerge from all that water. that's just ahead. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com well, it was an idyllic setting, palm trees, blue sky and light a breeze. but they tackled some heated issues on sunday. u.s. president barack obama hosted it, making a push for a free trade zone across the pacific. so far, 12 countries have shown interest but not china, which

clashed with the u.s. on several issues. president obama took up one sticking point after the summit wrapped up. take a listen. >> most economists estimate that the r&d is devalued by 20, 25%. that means our exports to china are that much more expensive and their imports into the united states are that much cheaper. now, there's been slight improvement over the last year. partly because of u.s. pressure, but it hasn't been enough. and it's time for them to go ahead and move towards a market-based system for their currency. >> now, he also fielded a question about iran's nuclear program. listen. >> they are engaging in a series of practices that are contrary to their international obligations and that's what the iaea report indicated. what i did was to speak with

president medved and president hu and all three of us entirely agree on the objective. which is making sure that iran does not weaponize nuclear power and that we don't trigger a nuclear arms race in the region that's in the interest of all of us. >> we will have more on apec a little later this hour. our white house correspondent briana keeler is in hawaii and she joins us for a live report in 30 minutes from you. well, the man nominated to lead italy's next government will have his work cut out for him. mario monty must first put a new government together. then get it approved by parliament and then the real work begins. he must lead the effort to get painful reforms passed through parliament. he says he will move quickly, but efficiently. >> i will work with a sense of immediacy and urgency.

in the shortest time possible, and my desire is to do a very good, solid work. >> now, of course, mario monti replaces silvio berlusconi who resigned saturday. berlusconi pledged he would step down after both houses of parliament approved a budget with tough austerity measure. they did and so he resigned. ♪ when they heard the news, crowds in the streets of rome cheered and sang the national anthem. berlusconi lacked the political authority to pass economic reforms quickly enough. but in his last public comments, berlusconi stood by his record. >> translator: we did all that is possible to conserve our family and our companies from

the global crisis that has hit all of the crisis. >> and spain drove thousands of demonstrators into the streets of madrid on sunday. they're angry over spending cuts and sky-high unemployment. al goodman talked to one long-time demonstrator determined to keep protesting until somebody listens. >> good morning. this man has been to a dozen economic protests since may. but he doesn't see this as a repetition of others. >> each protest is not just one more. many young people and workers take part. some are bigger than others, but what's important is that thousands turn up each time. >> he agrees to take us along and we ride the metro from his neighborhood to downtown. guerrero is in his last year of journalism, he's waited tables during the summer, but with unemployment for the young

people running at 45%, twice the national average, he sees his pr prospects for finding a job bleak. >> it's a very precarious situation for young people in spain. and i'm getting worse. like it is for youth in greece and portugal. >> reporter: which is one big reason why he's come to this protest. it starts off with a standoff. less police, more education they chant, criticizing education cutbacks. spain's parliamentary elections are next sunday. polls say the opposition conservatives will beat the incumbent socialists. more austerity is predicted. >> i think it's necessary to vote, but that's not enough. people feel the elections won't change the situation. >> reporter: the demonstrators want deep changes in spain's political and economic system and they say they'll keep

protesting until that happens. a few thousand turned out this day. fewer than a protest a few weeks ago. taking a turn in front of city hall, they head to the central plaza where spain's economic protests began last may. six months of demonstrations and no sign of them ending in spain. >> i think there's a pent-up rage. the workers and young people are fed up. i want has been years of frustration over cutbacks and lower salaries. >> reporter: the march finally stops and the people's assembly begins. guerrero said it was hard to reach agreements at the debates with so many opinions about exactly what needs changing and how. yet, they demand to be heard. al goodman, cnn, madrid. well, the economic crisis creating turmoil in europe has cost one more than one european leader his job and solving the euro zone's problems could put

the larger term union at risk. >> reporter: gone. four prime ministers in less than a year. but the problems that defeated them live on. governments with chronic debt in a european union that's far from united. the single european currency was introduced with great fanfare 12 years ago. the guardian of the failure, the european central bank. but other taxes and borrowing were left in the hands of governments. it was like trying to drive a car in two different gears. some built generous welfare systems on economies that couldn't port them. in italy, protests erupted, but now comes europe's moment of truth. >> i do fear that we geerting very dangerously close to a disorderly collapse. we see early signs of a credit crunch within the euro zone era. >> and former prime minister

says social unrest will increase. the severity may not be bearable in a liberal democracy. as for the new governments led by technocratechnocrats -- >> what is surely going to happen in fairly short order is there are going to be protest against the governments and they're going to say you're not our government, you're germany's government. you're the government that our pay masters have been put in place. >> reporter: and plenty in greece say they're fed up. >> with germany at the core, not really competitive, something has to give. it's not clear what it will. be it's very hard for countries to leave the euro zone. >> reporter: germany has to underwrite the process and the european central bank needs the firepower.

>> the only one realistic to do this relies on the parentati parentation -- participations of two institutions. ecb as the financial vehicle with sufficient clout. and that's difficult. it's difficult for germany to accept. and it's difficult for the ecb to do it at the moment because it would be in direct breach of the lisbon treaty. >> solidarity with the rest of the world. >> reporter: the lisbon treaty, 784 pages with annexes, which had to be ratified by all 27 eu members. one reason that the eu has not been a definition of agility. the bigger question can the less dynamic economies of southern europe be made to behave like industrious germany? if not -- >> the core countries will say that was the best we had. these people are just not going to do what they're supposed to do. we're not going to allow the european central bank to print money to bail them out and we won't change our own policies.

so actually one way or another, we have to dismantle this. >> reporter: but if the euro zone can be saved, what about the eu members like britain, poland and sweden that never adopted the single currency? they'll be even more out of step. the euro may survive, but the european union may begin to fall apart. and there is more on the euro zone crisis on line. go to our web page at cnn.com. well, stocks rose in asia after japan's economy grew for the first time in a year. and the nomination of a new prime minister in italy actually eased concerns about a meltdown in europe. so let's check out those major markets and of course you can see there the hong kong's hang king is both up about 2%. japan's nikkei is up a percentage point. we can see the arrow moving

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anti-government activists say 23 people were killed in rallies sunday a day after syria was kicked out of the arab league. now, it's part of the move to isolate damascus, by not carrying out a promise to end the deadly crackdown. jonathan mann reports. >> reporter: thousands of protesters poured into the streets sunday in support of syrian president, after the arab league voted in an emergency meeting to suspend cairo's membership. >> if they do not abide by the decision of the league and stop the killing and allow immediate end and release political prisoners this will complicate matters and we do not wish or hope hope for this. >> reporter: and it urged member states to withdraw their ambassadors. it warned the army to stop attacking civilians. but the words had little impact on the ground in syria as

anti-government protesters were met with gunfire in the streets and snipers on rooftops. meanwhile, turkey's foreign minister had plans to meet with members of syria's opposition, and called for the international community to step in after assad supporters burned the country's flag. >> we came to make our voices heard and let the arab league know they're traitors and as long as they're traitors we do not care about them or their decisions. >> reporter: cnn could not independent confirm many of these reports because syria hasn't granted international media access to the country. the syrian government is now calling for an emergency arab summit, and has invited arab league ministers to the country for an inspection before wednesday when the suspension is to take effect. the arab league has announced plans to meet again this week to discuss a transitional phase of the country. jonathan mann, cnn, atlanta. well, cnn spoke with one man

brave enough to offer us his first-hand account of what's happening in syria. he spoke to us from damascus and insisted we identify him by his real name despite the possibility of being targeted. and we asked him why he's speaking out. >> on the streets, they're from the universities, from different sects. they were not islamists, they were not from one sect. they were not the poor people. it's everybody. people are dying over there for just saying freedom. and i'm telling the regime it's enough. don't think people will go back to their homes after eight month. you still believe a lie that you can control and overcome this uprising. it is impossible. you can just go do one thing now. save more lives. please stop the killing. when i chant, i want freedom.

i can hear my voice for the first time in my life. now, how can i give up this? even if it costs me my life? >> all right. let's look at the other stories making news around the world. well, good news for the families of three french humanitarian aid workers kidnapped in yemen. france confirmed all three have been freed. the aid workers were captured on may 28 in southern yemen. french president sarkozy thanked the officials for their assistance in ending the ordeal. security officials say at least one person was killed when israeli warplanes fired missiles at a complex in gaza. israeli says the air strikes were in response to rocket fire from gaza. medical officials say hamas troops may be buried under that rubble. myanmar may release more

political prisoners. officials say the nation will declare a new prisoner amnesty on monday. the move follows a mass amnesty last month by the military dominated regime. that release though failed to impress observers because it did not include most key dissidents. the release of all of the country's political prisoners remains a top priority for western nations that have imposed sanctions on myanmar. well, eastern turkey continues its recovery from powerful twin earthquakes and winter has set in otherly -- early, and now our meteorologist is in the cnn weather center keeping a close eye on that part of the story. ivan? >> it has been bad timing unfortunately as we have been seeing some very cold temperatures across the region here. not only them, but we have been showing you the snowfall.

we have a second one coming in if you can believe that on the heels of the first snow. of course, we're focusing in on eastern turkey. very busy on the eastern mediterranean with the successful lows. on the back side of the first one, we have shut off the snow for now, but we have left some bitterly told temperatucold tem its wake. the next storm that will be pushing off to the north and east, we talked about this yesterday and the combination of that moisture and that cold air indeed will allow for some more snow especially headed into tuesday to begin to break out unfortunately there. we'll be talking about the temperatures at night especially. look at that. upwards of seeing numbers anywhere from 8 to 11 below zero. we'll moderate things a bit, but still bitterly cold at night for anyone sleeping outside. that's going to be a problem. there's your secondary. this should not be a blockbuster snow event here, but

nevertheless it is going to happen and happen on tuesday. with the next system. monitoring this area of low pressure east of the philippines. this has the potential of becoming a tropical storm, but now it's so close to land. i think the effects are similar to what you'd get with a tropical storm, a lot of rain and wind. so we'll be seeing the pope for some flash flooding, that's how heavy the rain is coming down at times across the region and some healthy accumulations as well. as you can see on the map here, the redss depicting, and we'll e watching that closely over the next couple of days. the soyuz spacecraft is safely now in orbit. it took off from kazakhstan, i'll have video in the next half hour, and also there was an unexpected guest in the

spacecraft blasting off into space. i'll have the pictures to show you. >> intriguing. all right. we shall certainly tune in for that. remember all those scares about tainted food in china? well, they're slowly leading to some changes from the bottom up. more and more people are turning to organic food and we will talk about that with a pioneer in the organics movement. that's next. really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪

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going to happen here in beijing. we're connecting to the farmers. and that's a place where you don't even need any language in a way. you know, ten years ago, even five years ago in the united states you couldn't find a farmer's market that had organic food. but now, it's impossible not to know where that -- those marketplaces are in the big cities in the united states. and that's happening much more quickly because there's a very rich gastronomy here in china and some of the greatest farmers of the world have traditions that go way, way back. we have to learn from them. >> we know that organic farming is more expensive, therefore that price is passed on to the product. it is a more expensive product.

do you think that will be a deter deterrent for the chinese? >> well, i think it's a deterrent for lots of people around the world and it's the reason i'm involved in a project that is talking about educating children in school, and connecting it to a school lunch program. that can engage the kids in farming and cooking and help them to understand at a very early age how important it is to take care of the land and make the right kinds of decisions that not only give you pleasure but really are good for the future of this planet. and so i'm just hoping that here in china that they will embrace that idea of edible education, that they will understand that when you lose your gastronomy you are really losing a very important part of the culture.

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the real work of forming a new government in italy begins today for mario monti, the respected economist was nominated to become the next prime minister. his cabinet must be approved by parliament before it can begin the difficult task of getting the debt-ridden nation back on track. thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of madrid sunday, angry over spending cuts

and sky-high unemployment. nearly half of young spanish workers can't find jobs. the protests comes one week before a parliamentary vote. opposition conservatives are expected to do well. u.s. president barack obama urged china to operate by the same rules as everyone else. he made the comments in a news conference wrapping up this year's apec summit in hawaii. mr. obama says beijing hasn't done enough to revalue its currency. and those are just some of the stories making headlines around the world this hour. welcome back. you are watching "world report" here on cnn, the world's news leader. well, as floodwaters continue to recede in thailand, a new opinion poll has come out. it shows 75% of respondents believe no politician could have handled the crisis better than the prime minister.

pollsters questioned nearly 2,500 people and they said the floods were everyone's problem, not just the government's. one of the areas on the road to recovery in thailand is a center of tourism, industry and ancient temples. we have a report on efforts to restore that area and tells us how a certain animal is lending a helping hand. >> reporter: cleaning up an ancient site. the elephant a long part of this landscape, now a valued partner in the effort to bring this area back to life and bring back the tourists. for the past two months, this former capital once home to thai kings had sat deep in floodwaters. the long soak may have done irreparable harm. temples made of brick will be affected this director explains. the foundations sub merged could

collapse, and then it softens. the problem here echoes the dilemma facing many other cities across thailand. over time, natural drainage has been sealed off. the water drainage from north to south has changed and it's not as effective as in the olden days. strewn souvenirs evidence if nearby tourist center was also swamped. >> the level of the water is about my height. so it's about 175 centimeter. >> reporter: the flood silt is being scraped and there's a fresh paint of coat where tourists come to enjoy elephant rides. on this day, groups of japanese, germans and french meander the stilling so i c sti still soggy sounds. we were told we wouldn't be able to go to the ancient sites.

and we were told we couldn't come here. and that was a shame. nearby the major industrial states are still under water and central bangkok is still under threat. but the picture emerging here bringing order after chaos one of hope. the elephant once helped build this nation. seeing the elle faephants clear out the debris offers the promise of renewal for their nation. and meteorologist ivan cabrera is back with a forecast for thailand in a few moments from now. now, the top story, the end of the apec in hawaii and fr brianna keilar was there for some events and she joins me live from honolulu. a lot went on, didn't it? >> reporter: that's right. actually, you know, the press missed a lot of the apec leaders' dinner on saturday night. we weren't allowed in, except

for the travel pool was able to catch just a little bit of video from the top of it. so there was a whole lot really the most interesting events of the dinner that we didn't see. as president obama around heads of state from 18 other nations and their spouses dined toget r together, they were unwittingly serenaded by a musician who was singing a song about the occupy wall street movement for almost 45 minutes. ♪ that's matthew swolinkovich or calls himself hawaiian for the gift. he's a well-known musician, recognized for his talents playing hawaii-style guitar. saturday night at the request of the white house, he played during the apec leaders dinner for president obama, 18 other heads of states and their spouses. ♪ a song about the occupy wall street movement probably wasn't what the white house had in

mind. during the dinner, as he provided background music he unbuttoned his t-shirt to show the occupy honolulu shirt. >> at first, i was very shy about it. it was very subtle. >> reporter: but then he played it over and over. he says for more than 40 minutes in all. >> it didn't go over bad, so i kept playing it. i felt like it was the only song i should be playing and i should really play it a lot. i don't have any other means of exercising my voice to shape policy that affects my life other than singing and writing songs. >> reporter: cell phone video shows some leaders turning to look at him. but others appeared not to notice at all he said. >> so i came from playing the world leaders dinner at apec. >> reporter: he opposes the trade goals of apec planned his protest in conjunction with others and it helped him to

publicize what he had done on the website apecsucks.com and on a fake twitter at the summit. he had first played for the obamas in 2009s and his second performance in hawaii is likely his last. >> when i thought, well, they're never going to invite me back and i thought to myself, so what? >> reporter: now, president obama's table was across the tent from where he was appearing, and from what he could see, rosemary, he saw president obama pretty engaged in conversation. it was unclear if the president even realized that this was a protest song that he was singing. we asked the white house about this and they declined to comment on the incident. >> so really, it appears that people were really oblivious for what was going on for 40 minutes, or could we assume he was allowed to go forward with

this because they didn't know his background here? it's a little astounding. >> reporter: you know, it's astounding and there are certainly some questions that we don't have answers to. i think there are a few things going on here. one, what he was providing was kind of background music. it wasn't necessarily completely in your face, yet the t-shirt that he was wearing certainly should have caught the notice of some people. you know, the other thing here is unclear if aides even knew. there really weren't any aides who were posted in the room, that it was pretty much just the leaders and him. so it's interesting to ask those questions. we don't have all the answers to them, rosemary. >> it is amazing. it is an indication to all of us, attention to detail, right? fr brianna keilar, thank you for reporting from hawaii. we'll be right back, stay with us. shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices...

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welcome back. well, rio de janeiro police took control of one of the slums in massive predawn operation. it involved 3,000 police and security forces. authorities are cracking down on drug traffickers ahead of the 2014 world cup and the 2016 summer olympics. well, the tall biban seemed know about an upcoming meeting. tribal elders will gather for

what's known as a loyergerger and there's leaked security documents about the meeting. afghan government officials say the documents and pictures are a hoax. high on the agenda at the meeting will be the continued presence of the u.s. military in afghanistan. well, he shocked the world with his shooting rampage in norway last july. now, he is set to make his first appearance in open court. he is accused of killing 77 people on july 22. eight died in oslo after a car bomb exploded. and breivik has requested that no pictures be taken. well, japan allowed a handful of journalists inside

the crippled nuclear plant after the nuclear disaster. they toured by bus and the reactors should be stable enough to declare a cold shutdown by the end of the year. all right. let's return now to the flooding in thailand and for an update, we bring back meteorologist ivan cabrera. what is the outlook there? >> some of the pictures we have been showing you through the weekend are still heart breaking as you see some of the flood waters in some areas still going up to, well, your knees and your thigh, i guess depending on your height as well. as we check in on thailand, we are done with the monsoon, we are into the dry season and nothing anomalous is going to be happening over the next couple

of months. we are expecting dry weather and sometimes that doesn't happen, and we get hit with the heavy rainfall. but that's not what the cards for thailand. a lot of shower activity and thunderstorms to the south, but to the north, where we had the devastating flooding, that's where the -- it all transpired. then all of that water trying to get down to the south. it's a process that takes a very long time here. and so as the waters recede, we are going to continue to see this drying here that will be just excellent news. a long time before we recover completely from this calamity. temperatures in the low 30s. the dry pattern will continue for bangkok. look at europe, fascinating pattern underway here across europe. we have a block behind the middle. the omega blocking pattern here. i'll explain that as you can see the shape of it. we have the high here and the

storms are coming from the atlantic are essentially hitting a traffic jam. they have to go up and around. what this does is it provides very quiet weather conditions and also mild temperatures especially on the western side of the highs. it pumps warmer air in. included will be france or paris will see temperatures in the lower teens. it will be very comfortable for them there. it could be much colder this time of the year. it will not be in southern germany as we take you there, i'll leave you with this picture as well. this is right on the german/austrian banner. oh, my goodness, the banner is covering this guy here. skydiving. parasailing, i guess, on a lovely little town there. looking quite nice. flying high he was and also the soyuz rocket is up in space. it it blasted off a couple hours ago from kazakhstan and from a

very snowy pad, i have never seen that before, we had upwards of 15 centimeters on the ground of the heavy snowfall. but the winds were not bad. so they were able to take off. included the astronaut from tn a nasa, the first american back in space. what is that? angry bird made it to space. as we got into orbit and lost gravity, the bird started floating. very exciting. it made my day. good times there. apparently -- i don't know, we have to check with the good folks there, at nasa and russia, to find out whether this was the first angry bird up in space. i would probably guess it was, although floating like this it would not be efficient at killing pig, rosemary. >> well, it must be historic, i think. we are seeing a nice view and a bert -- better view of that guy

floating, parasailing. thank you, ivan. before e-mail, people used to write letters to one another. a retired florist in new york has thousands of letters and photos he got from presidents and other world figures and you'll never guess who was on louie's pen pal list. >> harry truman, he was really surprised because i said i'm a private in the army. he said, you know, i wish i had you what had. i wrote to him when i found his name in the papers. when he overthrew -- he became the leader. he sent me four pictures. he personally signed it. he corresponded with me, and

then he stopped. i said to myself, shooting down a plane, killing innocent people, so i didn't write to him anymore because i felt it was what -- what he did was a crime against humanity. i did write to him before he was killed. and if you don't do the right thing for your people and for your country, i said, then eventually the people plot against you. top government officials to be honest with you came to my apartment and grilling me about everything and anything that i do. the cia looked over everything, and i explained and they said -- they said to me, it's a hell of a hobby you have. right here. and signed right by his ear. right over here. he doesn't sign anything.

he sent it to me when he was living in the outskirts as a spiritual leader before he overthrew the shah of iran. this is the personal letter from the president on june 14th. i respect everybody, but i don't play no favoritisms either way. it feels good to hear from strange people that you don't know. it would be nice of them to take the time to reply back to you. i'm nobody special. part of history. that's the way i'd like to be remembered after i leave the planet. >> he has been very busy. well, they have spent decades as the reigning kings of indy rock. the iconic band rem has decided to call it quits, but they've got a parting gift for fans. we'll explain after the break.

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well, near the end of september the music world shook with the news that old rock pioneers r.e.m. were breaking up after more than 30 years from the first single, to a collection of greatest hits, the band has always done things their way. well, as cnn's shanon cook finds out, they're leaving the industry on their own terms. ♪ ♪ and your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone ♪ >> reporter: this isn't really a dramatic breakup, is it? it's really the just the end of the road for r.e.m. >> it's the end of the road for r.e.m. >> as we know it. sorry. >> as a touring and recording

entity. you know, r.e.m. will continue to sustain the catalog and the music, but as far as creating new stuff, no. that's the end. >> now you can go into the blogosphere and everyone has their opinion about when r.e.m. might have their opinion about when to break up. but we didn't break up, we disbanded. there's no animosity or lawyers squaring off. we reached a point where it didn't feel like it made sense to carry on any further. and we -- when we happened to do that at a very high point in a 31-year career of highs and lows. ♪ ♪ everybody hurts sometimes ♪ ♪ so hold on

>> reporter: why quit? why not just take a break and tour when you feel like it? >> because if you do that, then you've got constant questions about when's your next record? when's your next tour, when are you going to do this? in a way that would inhibit whatever it is we plan to do going forward. >> i think it would turn everything else in our life into a side show. people would say, when are you going to do the next r.e.m. record or tour? we wanted the closure and the clarity. >> reporter: how do you feel about this, are you sad, relieved? >> there's certainly sadness. you know, it's bittersweet by all means. >> the feelings go from here to here. we're feeling every one of them. >> but not relief, because that implies we're escaping something and it isn't that. there is an odd feeling of liberation. ♪ ♪ that's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight ♪

♪ losing my religion >> it's a liberation, it's a clean break. chance to move forward. >> reporter: so what do you do now? >> i took a deep breath the day of the announcement of our disbanding and i just thought, now what? what do i do now? i couldn't answer it for myself. so i decided to be honest with everyone, i said, i have no idea. i really don't know. but if i'm going to take a sabbatical for a couple of months or longer and whatever i do you'll know about it i hope. >> reporter: a massive comeback tour? never say never? >> never say never, but of course we won't do it. >> reporter: that's kind of a never. >> if we ever did, we'd tell you exactly why and it was because one of us really needed money. i don't see that happening. at all. i mean, it is funny, but we're being really honest by saying it's over, we love each other. we love what we did.

it's done. ♪ ♪ i thought i heard you laughing, i thought that i heard you sing ♪ >> i love their work. you can catch part two of shanon cook's interview with r.e.m. in the next hour when they'll talk about their early days as a band. on to sports news now and a surprising result in formula one on sunday. patrick snell tells us how it happened. >> reporter: we begin with formula one, a huge setback for germany, just 24 hours after he had equalled nigel mansell's record in one season, he was forced to retire from sunday's abu dhabi grand prix because of a puncture. starting really well, in the circuit, but on the second corner the right rear tire of his car punctured. he manages to nurse the car back to the pits, would have to

return with a damaged wheel. the first time he has failed to finish a grand prix this season and ends his quest to match michael schumacher's record in the '04 season. the mclaren driver who recently split up from his long-term girlfriend was absolutely thrilled. he takes the checkered flag, eight sends ahead of alonzo in the ferrari. jedson button a distant third. roger federer must be hoping that the season started rather than ended. in the final, he was up dpips the local favorite, who was determined to put on a show for the raucous parisian crowd. just brilliant at times as he broke the frenchman's serve, before taking the opener very easily indeed.

credit songer, he kept pace in the second set. but federer had the edge. his backhand topspin, no longer a source of weakness. still, forcing the break, but off to the slow start. and game, set, match, championship, federer. he's now won 12 straight matches ahead of the season ending atp world tour finals in england. it seems romance is alive and well in the nfl especially as far as one buffalo bills players concerned. watch this video coming up right now. bills receiver david nelson catching a three yard touchdown pass. and how does he celebrate? where is he off to? well, he has an important date to get to with a dallas cowboys cheerleader, in fact. not just any cheerleader. oh, no. this is his girlfriend, nelson's dating kelsey rich in her fourth season in the job.

would there be a marriage proposal in the offing? apparently not. he eventually gets there. hugs and kisses her. that's the sports for now. back to you. >> thanks, patrick. we want to update you on the story we told you about last july. remember that old young marine who challenged pop star and actor justin timberlake to take her to the marine corps ball? a youtube video that scored nearly 2 million hits and helped pressure timberlake to accept her challenge and now here's proof he made good on the promise. no word yet on whether any romance was in the air. that does it for this hour of "world report." still ahead, a new leader with a vastly different style gets the nod in italy. now comes the hard part. will mario monti be able to form a government? and will italians be able stomach the tougher austerity

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